The Long Way - We Are The Union

We were islands soaked in solitude

Joined by the tide, we pushed back and we outgrew

If you told me the highway would wear your tires through

Then I’d go back and take the long way with you

Warm cans of Steel Reserve in a basement

Sweat-stained singalongs and discontent

Bound together by not fitting in

Punk rock songs and teenage stress

We were freaks, we were kids, we were miscreants

We were islands soaked in solitude

Joined by the tide, we pushed back and we outgrew

If you told me the highway would wear your tires through

Then I’d go back and take the long way with you

In bars that reeked of piss and alcohol

Choking on mothballs in legion halls

Found a place where we belonged

With each other we were strong

We were kin, we were rebels lost without a cause

It’s a lump in my throat and a longing for the Mitten State

An infinite search for a past that I can’t recreate

We were islands soaked in solitude

Joined by the tide, we pushed back and we outgrew

If you told me the highway would wear your tires through

Then I’d go back and take the long way

We were islands soaked in solitude

Joined by the tide, we pushed back and we outgrew

If you told me the highway would wear your tires through

Then I’d go back and take the long way with you